Teapot



Oct. 28, 1930. .1. 1.. A, HARRISQN 1,779,736

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Patented Oct. 28, 1930 JOSEPH .LE A; HARRISON, or Los AINGIELESYCALIFORNIL I 'rEAro'r Application filed January 15, 1"si3o. SerifaLN o, 420,942. i

invention relates to teapots or similar vessels, and has for its primiary object the provision of a vessel having a number of non-communicating compartments and an equal number of discharge spouts, the latter so formed and designed and related to one another and with the respective compartments whereby a canting of the vessel to one side or the other from a common or fixed vertical line will permit liquid contained in one compartment to be poured therefrom without effecting an accidental discharge of liquid from the other compartment. The: vessel is particularly, but not necessarily, intended for use in the dispensing of tea, and the arrangement herein provided is such that a quantityof hot water can be contained in one compartment of the vessel, where it will be always available should it be desired to dilute previously prepared tea contained in the other compartment to suit the individual taste. I have stated that the vessel is admirably, and, in fact, particularly, adapted for the dispensing of previously steeped or i 7 prepared tea, but it will be appreciated that its uses are many and among others is mentioned the use of one compartment of the vessel for storing a small quantlty of'creaml when the other compartment of the vesselis madeto contain a quantity of prepared cofiee. In this way, the consumer of the beverage will have convenient access to the cream and at his choice may mix as much thereof with coffee when poured into a cup ashe Wishes. The invention may also be used for dispensing certain salad dressings or the like, where an intermixing of two or more liquid materials may be objectionable to certain individual tastes, and by the arrangement herein proposed, it follows that a liquid material of one variety can be selectively poured from the vessel without causing an intermixing thereof with liquid matter contained in the other compartment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a vessel of the character stated wherein a single handle is common to a plurality of spouts, the latter communicating with respective compartments of the vessel.

A still further object of the invention is to ing 7 having a -remova ble cover 8.

IPAIBM"oF E provide a" vessel whose spouts are peculiarly I formedand characterized in ways whereby when the "vessel is ':'canted to one side' ofthe 'vertical' tlie liquid contained in the inactive compartment will flow to ,a'level within the spout of that compartment where it" will'fnot be'liableto escape accidentally. I:

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' Figure 1 is a View in side elev-ation r of the'vesselj' y Figure 2' is asection' on line 2-2of'Fig ure'l; f

Figure 3 is a View in front elevation of the vessel,

Figure lis a vertical section taken on-line 4c-lof Figure 1-. V Incarryingfthe invention into practice, use is madefof aves'sel 5, the shapeof which is not important.

other metals or compositions of metals or materials; The vessel is closed at its bottom,

7 I Neither is --it' important I that use bemade of a particular material in the manufacture oftheQvesseL- Obviously,

as at6, and'is formed 'atits top "with an open- Extending longitudinally withinithe lagsel is a partition 9of an'undulated contour.

This partition extends from 'thebottom of Y the vesselitoa point near the marginal edge-{180' of the opening 7 ,where it'is formedlfwith. a deflecting lip 10. 'By formingithe partition with undulations, as above stated, :wherein the crests 11 extend respectively in opposite directions and the concavities 12 are likewise. related, it follows that when the vessel .is

tilted to one side the partition throughits V peculiar formation functions to. accommo date thechange of level of-the liquidiin one compartment during the :pouringi'of liquid from the other.--The partition divides the vessel into two non-communicating compart- '-ments 1'3 and 14, respectively, which, intthe present illustration, are respectivelynof un equal capacities in, that it isintended that 5- the compartment '14 contain hotwater, while the'compartment 13 may preferably contain previously steepedor prepared liquid tea Eachcompar-tmentis provided ww-ithfl a Ipouring spout .15, which extendsf outside of =1 the vessel on a line that first proceeds for wardly at 16, then upwardly at 17 thence along the laterally curved line 18. This gives a converse arrangement of the respective spouts with respect to a common vertical line drawn therebetween, and it follows that when the vessel is. canted to one side where use is made; of itsjspout 15, ,theflischarge end of the other spout extends in an upward di rec-tion, while the discharge end of the mating V spout extends downwardi:

Formed on the vessel 1s a handle l which is positioned along a line drawn respectively-" vertically of the vessel and along a line drawn g v V horizontally between the respective spouts 15;v ilnthi-sma nner, the handle iscommon to. the two-spouts and when graspedin the handamay be manipulated so as to cause a tilting ofthevessel,eitherito the right or to the left, dependingupon whether liquid is to v be poured from the compartment 13 or from I 1 I f the compartment 114i Inany event, the arrangement is suehfthat together with the other characterizing features, such, for example, ing-spouts,, ;liquid can be. poured from one as the peculiar contours of thepourcompartment without any possibility of ace v cidental escape of liquid from the other. Assuming that the vessel contains quantities that tea may be poured into a cup from the ofhot water: and tea, respectively, it. follows 7 tea-compartment and,jif found too strong or'not'exactly to the taste of the consumer, it may be diluted by simply tilting the vessel in an opposite; direction to permit the flow of hot. water therefrom.

1 claim as my invention;

1. ,A vessel having a vertical partition ex- .tendingfrom the bottomof the vessel to the '40 top thereof and dividing the vessel into a spaced lapartc forwardly projecting pour ng spouts opening into the respective compartments, and a single'handle on the vessel complurality of vcompartments, a plurality of l mon to. said vplurality of spouts, said handle extending from the vesselalong a line parallel with the partition and medially ofa line drawn horizontally through the vessel and I s between said spouts, whereby the vessel when grasped by the handle may be canted to either side of the vertical so that liquid .v I

contained in one compartment may. be poured y from its spout without effecting a discharge partment.

tending from the bottom of the vessel to the of liquid through the'spout ofthe other com- I 2. A'vessel having a vertical partition exi 'top thereof and: dividing the vessel into. two

-eompartments, .aplurality of spaced apart *jecting forwardly from they sides thereof,

7 "pouring spouts carried by the vessel and proand a single handle-carried by the vesselat the rear thereof andoccupying a position Q along a'lin'e drawn horizontally through the vessel and between the respective pouring 

